Tag: dialysis
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Cramps
I used to get up in the night with cramps in my thighs. I had to walk them out, and would sometimes eat bananas or pickle juice to combat the symptoms, but with CKD, I get cramps in my feet, and those are worse.
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On second thought…
An excerpt from my book on kidney disease… When I told my friend I had few symptoms, I began to realize I was not entirely correct. I had the following symptoms that might be related and some that might not: I then concluded my health was in some respects like that of an octogenarian. I…
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I’m good!
Excerpt from my new book on kidney disease… Someone asked me recently how I was doing. I said what my doctor said, “I’m doing well, for someone who is not doing well”, or words to that effect. Basically he was saying that for someone with stage four kidney disease, I was tracking reasonably well, but…
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A rant on expectations
From my new book on Kidney Disease… So in the beginning, I was asked a simple question. It was as though I was at the drive-up window at Jack in the Box, and I got to decide if I wanted French fries or onion rings. I had been diagnosed as having Stage 3B Kidney Disease,…
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New Book, Next Chapter
Here is the next chapter of my new book on kidney disease, “timestamp” Hit me again? So I went in to Kaiser to see a Nephrologist. This was new territory for me. I was concerned, and so I ought to have been. The specialist, in retrospect, glossed over some items, and later, too, the nurse;…
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